2021 Wimbledon defending champ, Marketa Vondrousova, loses first round to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, first since 1994.

Marketa Vondrousova, the defending women's Wimbledon champ, has become the first to lose in the first round since 1994. She was defeated 6-4, 6-2 by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. Vondrousova, who was the first unseeded woman to win the title at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament, now holds the unwanted record of being the first defending champion to exit in the first round since Steffi Graf in 1994.

July 02, 2024
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